Former President Fidel Castro, who led a rebel army to improbable victory in Cuba, embraced Soviet-style communism and defied the power of 10 US presidents during his half century rule, has died at age 90.

The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) has reached a major milestone as the clock strikes midnight on the Gold Coast, marking 500 days to go until Queensland, Australia Shares the Dream with the 70 nations and territories of the Commonwealth.

Carlos Nuzman has confirmed his candidature for the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO) Presidency here today in a race set to conclude with a General Assembly on April 27 and 28 in Montevideo.

Xavier Mulugata of Fatima College joins a list of T&T athletes who received athletic scholarships to US universities. Mulugata will begin his studies at Louisiana State University (LSU) in January. He won gold at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Junior Track and Field Championships in Mexico in the boys Under-18 4x100 metres and also bronze in the boys U-20 4x100m at the 2015 Carifta Games in St Kitts and Nevis.

Trinidad and Tobago is positioning itself as a destination for sports events, business and politics, its National Olympic Committee president Brian Lewis told SportBusiness International.

RUGBY FANS are expected to converge in their hundreds on the St Mary’s College Ground in St Clair today, where the national teams of 13 countries from North and Central America and the Caribbean will contest the 2016 Rugby Americas North (RAN) Sevens Championship.